Basics Illustration 03: Text and Image

Mark 'Wigan' Williams is one of Britain's foremost graphic artists, an influential academic and a writer. Since 1998, Wigan has lectured in Graphic Design and Illustration throughout the UK, including courses in Hull, Derby, Coventry and Central Saint Martins College, London. Between 2002 and 2006 he was Course Director on the BA Illustration and MA Illustration courses at Camberwell College of Arts, UK. From 2007, he was Programme Leader of the BA Graphic Design course at the University of Salford's School of Art and Design, UK. Wigan is also co-founder and director of House of Ear - Experimental Art Research, a gallery/studio and project space in Manchester, UK. He continues to paint, self-publish books of his drawings, print limited-edition silkscreen prints and T-shirts, and exhibit in galleries and venues worldwide

This makes an essential read for any would be illustrator/designer or visual communication student and should feature on every art college library bookshelf.

• IntroductionHow to Get the Most out of this Book1. The ElucidatorsDefining IllustrationA Rigorous DisciplineA Personal Visual LanguageMapping Connections and DirectionsA Subjective History of IllustrationType Play Projects2. InterpretationAmplifying the TextAuthor/IllustratorThe Visual JournalistBook ArtNarrative Illustration Projects3. Text, Images, Ideas and MessagesEditorial IllustrationConceptual Image-makingPersuasive Image-makingTo Instruct and InformText as Image and Image as TextLetterform Projects4. A Myriad of PlatformsPoster DesignMagazinesInstallation and InterventionsBook JacketsText in MotionVisual Impact Projects5. Illustrative TextMagical LetterformsHandcrafted typeSampling and MixingTypographic PoetryHandmade Type Projects6. Graphic Art ZeitgeistSound and VisionImage, Music and TextClub FlyersZeitgeist ProjectsConclusionGlossaryIllustration DialoguesReference MaterialInfluential Posters and Record SleevesContactsAcknowledgements and Picture Credits